$1,250
Brazil, depicting the raptor at rest on a rocky perch, the bird of prey standing approximately 19. 00 cm tall and carved from fine anyolite rough, the reddish purple ruby utilized for the head, back and wings while the bright green zoisite with black hornblende inclusions has been positioned at the belly and tail feathers, the surfaces of the body intricately etched to suggest individual feathers and plumage, the beak of agate and onyx, the eyes inset with cabochon cut garnets, the legs of gold plated silver, the base composed of a fine matrix specimen sourced from the Sappo mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil, containing numerous pink tourmaline with associated lepidolite, quartz and muscovite inclusions. 34.30 x 19.05 cm.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-09-16
